40 ILLINOIS AUDUBON BULLETIN i 
information briefs from ER DA 
The Energy Research & Development Administration (ERDA) has announced that: 
—technical reports pertaining to 29 different fossil energy programs may be purchased from the 
National Technical Information Service, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Springfield, VA. 22161. 
The variety of topics is impressive. 
—coal combustion wastes could become an agricultural benefactor. Two Federal agencies are 
cooperating in tests to evaluate the uses of wastes from new coal-fired boilers for fertilizer and 
soil treatment. Soils from several locations will be treated with the waste materials and 
compared to soils treated with agricultural lime, sulfur and other materials. 
—new solar energy pamphlets are available. Homeowners who want to use solar heating and hot 
water equipment, but are not sure if the savings are worth the investment, can find some help 
in answering their questions from these new pamphlets. Single copies of the pamphlets are 
free — one copy per requester — and can be obtained by writing ERDA Technical 
Information Center, Box 62, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830. Request an order form and price 
information if multiple copies are desired. 
—Sundstrand Corporation of Rockford, Il. will be developing a system that will generate 
electricity for industrial processes from the waste heat given off by the large, stationary diesel 
engines. They have arranged to build five demonstration units, each able to produce 600 
kilowatts of electricity without using ‘‘fuel’’ in the usual sense. This will eliminate the 
‘““dumping’’ of waste heat into air or water. 
—they are seeking a contractor for designing, building and evaluating an efficient Integrated 
Community Energy System (ICES). The ICES is to provide the most energy efficient utility 
services for a total community or building complex. It would generate electricity and use the 
waste heat from the power plant for such purposes as domestic hot water and space heating 
and cooling. In addition, municipal solid waste, trash, may be burned in the power plant to 
supplement fossil fuel. Most benefits would come to commercial establishments and buildings 
in the immediate vicinity of the power plant. 
—nine sites have been proposed for the world’s first solar electric plant. The actual site will be 
selected in early 1977 and construction is to begin in 1978. Electric power from the new plant 
will produce about 10,000 kilowatts under optimum, full sunlight conditions. This is 
approximately the amount of power required by a city of 10,000 population. An energy — 
storage system that will permit operation to continue into the early evening will be included. 
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